Miscellaneous Guelph campaign stuff.

“I was shocked to read Ms. Kovach’s comments in (the Guelph Mercury Tuesday) on the Truscott case,” Brison said. “Her refusal to comment on an important issue to people in this area and in Canada . . . actually qualifies her very well to be part of the Stephen Harper team, because Stephen Harper likes MPs he can muzzle, he likes MPs he can silence and he likes MPs who are able to subordinate their own opinions and defer to his judgment. “Her fear of saying what she really thinks on the Truscott affair . . . qualifies her to be part of Stephen Harper’s flock of sheep.”

Well put, Scott. As he says, a good Conservative MP in Stephen Harper’s mind is one that meekly follows directions and orders. Gloria Kovach is showing that trait off already as a candidate. She’s also showing she can talk out of both sides of her mouth over an issue, as David Graham shows at his blogpiece regarding Gloria’s media statement supporting public transit, while her votes at Guelph City Council don’t back that claim of hers up.

Lastly, in that same Guelph Mercury piece, we see Gloria is a tad sensitive about Brent Barr being brought up:

In an interview between houses during door-to-door canvassing, Kovach accused Valeriote of getting vicious after he was quoted in the Mercury saying the prime minister removed the “democratically selected candidate (former Conservative party nominee) Brent Barr,” and that Harper is “reaching his tentacles into Guelph” and “pretty much managing Miss Kovach’s campaign.”

Getting vicious? The truth hurts, apparently. The Conservative Party has little respect for the democratic process and that’s why Gloria is the Conservative candidate in Guelph, and not Brent Barr. It’s fair game to bring that up, Gloria – there’s nothing “vicious” about it. The only thing “vicious” is what the Conservatives in Ottawa did to Brent Barr and the local riding association.